Fruitcake
- 1 lb candied cherry
- 1 lb candied pineapple
- 1 lb dates
- 2 lbs pecans
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 8 eggs
- 1 teaspoon clove
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- Chop 1st four ingriedients.
- Mix eggs & sugar.
- mix flour with spices and baking powder.
- Layer cherries, sprinkle flour mixture, layer pecan.
- Layer pinapple, sprinkle flour mixture, layer pecans.
- Layer dates, sprinkle flour mixture layer pecans.
- Repeat layers till all used up.
- Pour egg and sugar mixture over fruit and nuts, mix well by hand.
- Line pans that are used with wax paper and packed with mixture and put in a 225* oven and bake till toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let cool and pull wax paper off.
- Wrap cake in Saran Wrap.
- May put 1/2 cherries and whold pecans on top to decorate.
candied cherry, candied pineapple, dates, pecans, sugar, flour, eggs, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, baking powder
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fruitcake-34409 (may not work)